Sweeeet! I'll give it a shot. Thanks Mike. > From: <mike.redan at bell.ca> > Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:18:00 -0500 > To: <centos at centos.org> > Conversation: [CentOS] Re: IPTables Blocking Brute Forcers > Subject: RE: [CentOS] Re: IPTables Blocking Brute Forcers > > You could try something like this: > > http://freshmeat.net/projects/blocksshd/ > >> From there readme: > BlockSSHD is a Perl script based on BruteForceBlocker v1.2.3 that > dynamically > adds IPTables rules for Linux and pf firewall rules for BSD that block > SSH > brute force attacks. It can also detect ProFTPd login failures. > > Cheers, > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of Brian Marshall > Sent: November 16, 2006 12:10 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: [CentOS] Re: IPTables Blocking Brute Forcers > > > Hi All, > > So I have a series of funny guys that are constantly trying to brute > force my FTP server. They are always in China, India or Japan, of > course. > > Unfortunately my clients do exchange emails with some people in China > and Japan so I can't just block off the entire region (as much as I'd > love to). > > Does anyone have suggestions on how I can script IPTables or put some > other security measure in place that could detect brute-forcing and > reject from their IP? > > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos